UPDATE: Bell Co. grand jury to hear mail theft case

PINEVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - The case of a Bell County mail carrier charged with stealing mail is going to the grand jury.

David Michael Hoskins had a preliminary hearing on Tuesday.

Officials say the judge sent the case to the grand jury.

Pineville Police say Hoskins stole gift cards out of two letters from a man on his route.

Hoskins has pleaded not guilty to the mail theft charges.

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UPDATE 7-9-13

An Eastern Kentucky mail carrier who police say stole some mail pleaded not guilty to the charges on Tuesday.

Pineville Police say 29-year-old David Michael Hoskins stole Wal-mart gift cards out of mail sent to a man on his route.

Court officials set a preliminary hearing for July 23rd.

Officials say federal charges are still possible.

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He was supposed to deliver the mail, but Pineville Police say he took it for himself!

Police say a Bell County mail carrier, 29-year-old David Michael Hoskins of Calvin, stole gift cards meant for Donald Lefevers, a person on his Saturday route.

In June, Donald Lefevers was expecting two cards from his son in Michigan, a birthday card on June 10th and a Father's Day card for June 16th. He says he did not receive either card in his mail.

Lefevers says the two cards mailed one week apart each had a $50 Wal-mart gift card inside. When he did not get the cards, his family traced the gift cards numbers and found out they were used at the Middlesboro Wal-mart.Lefevers says he then reported it to the Pineville Post Office and Pineville Police Department.

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